Foxy’s Bar, Jost Van Dyke, BVIs
We’ve never managed to escape the winter gloom before. Too much work stopping play. We have friends who’ve done it nearly every year – well, certainly for the last ten […]
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Aysgarth Falls Hotel, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire
Speaking of walks, as we were on the last post, we seem to do most of our walking in the winter [or the autumn…or the spring] but rarely in the […]
Malayan Spout Hotel, Goathland, North Yorkshire
November in the North Yorks Moors. The heather has long gone and the bracken has died down to a deep golden brown, glowing in the low winter sun. The sky […]
The Royal Oak, Keswick, Cumbria
We set off to support the Cumbrian economy, devastated by the winter floods which left the main Keswick to Windermere road closed [the A591], necessitating a long [though picturesque and […]
The George Inn, Hubberholme, North Yorkshire
Slowly and painstakingly the sun is returning to Yorkshire. To be fair, we’ve had quite bit of sun through the winter but it’s often been accompanied by cold winds, and […]
Falcon Inn, Arncliffe, North Yorkshire
Tonight was the night for listening to The Archers on Radio 4 to hear the outcome of the long-running abuse of Helen by Rob, her controlling husband. it’s come a […]
The Fuzzy Duck, Armscote
Well, first of all let’s be clear. As far as we can see Jay Rayner hasn’t been to the Fuzzy Duck before us – not that we can find. However, […]
The Richard 1, Greenwich, London
Greenwich village in London [as opposed to NYC] languished as, if not so much a backwater, then a less than fashionable part of London. It wasn’t brilliantly connected and although […]
The King’s Head, Kettlewell, North Yorkshire
Wharfedale is arguably the softest landscape of the Yorkshire Dales [it’s all relative…] right in the south of the dales – see map below. It’s home to Grassington as its […]
The Horseshoe Inn, Levisham, North Yorkshire
We’re equally torn between the North Yorks Moors and the Yorkshire Dales. Both are spectacular and beautiful, but the Moors tend to be softer – the stone more yellow sandstone […]
